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Fast Forward Hungarian Radio Praises Attack on Jewish Leader
A Hungarian nationalist online radio station called the recent assault on a Jewish community leader in Budapest a “response to general Jewish terrorism.” “Predictably and unfortunately, the good attackers were captured very quickly,” the news edition of Szent Korona Radio, or Holy Crown Radio, reported. The report was about the arrest of two men, 20…
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Fast Forward Blank Bullets Fired Near Paris-Area Synagogue
Unknown attackers shot blank bullets outside a synagogue near Paris. The security unit of France’s Jewish communities, SPCJ, reported that the shots were fired on Oct. 5 at the synagogue at Argenteuil, a northwest suburb of Paris, hours after the city’s chief prosecutor gave a news conference detailing the arrests of suspects in the recent…
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Fast Forward Jewish, Christian Groups Hang Ads in N.Y. Subway Urging Tolerance
A Jewish group and a Christian group are hanging ads in the New York subway system urging tolerance. The ads being placed by Rabbis for Human Rights – North America and Sojourners, led by the Christian author and social-justice advocate Jim Wallis, will go up on Monday. The ads are being hung to counter a…
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Fast Forward Swedish Flotilla Ship Heads for Gaza
A Swedish ship carrying human rights activists has left from Italy to attempt to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza. The Estelle, carrying 17 activists from countries including Canada, Norway, Sweden, Israel and the United States, left from the port at Naples, Italy on Saturday. The vessel, which measures 173 feet long, reportedly is carrying…
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Fast Forward Federal Government Investigates Claims of Anti-Semitism at UC Berkeley
The civil rights office of the U.S. Department of Education has opened an investigation into allegations of anti-Semitism at the University of California, Berkeley. The investigation stems from a complaint filed by two recent graduates of the university, who charge that campus officials allowed a hostile campus environment for Jewish students to continue unabated by…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Reprimands Barak Over Meetings with U.S. Officials
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly called Defense Minister Ehud Barak for a meeting to reprimand him over recent meetings with U.S. officials. The meeting was scheduled for Saturday night, according to Israeli news reports. Barak met several weeks ago with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who remains close to President Obama after serving as his…
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Fast Forward Mavi Marmara Victims’ Families File Lawsuit
Relatives of nine Turkish citizens killed in a raid by Israeli commandos on an activist ship attempting to break the naval blockade of Gaza have filed a lawsuit against Israel, according to Turkish media. The lawsuit was filed Oct. 5 in a Turkish court by more than 30 relatives of Turkish citizens killed in the…
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Fast Forward French Police Kill Suspect in Kosher Store Bombing
French police have shot and killed one man in Strasbourg and arrested 10 others in a series of raids on suspects in the recent bombing of a kosher supermarket near Paris. The dead man, Jeremy Louis Sidney, was shot on Saturday afternoon after firing and lightly wounding one of eight police officers who came to…
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